Merges two Uniforum style .po files together. The def.po file is an
existing PO file with translations which will be taken over to the
newly created file as long as they still match; comments will be
preserved, but extracted comments and file positions will be
discarded. The ref.pot file is the last created PO file with
up-to-date source references but old translations, or a PO Template
file (generally created by xgettext); any translations or comments in
the file will be discarded, however dot comments and file positions
will be preserved. Where an exact match cannot be found, fuzzy
matching is used to produce better results.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options
too.
Input file location:
def.po translations referring to old sources
ref.pot
references to new sources
-D, --directory=DIRECTORY
add DIRECTORY to list for input files search
-C, --compendium=FILE
additional library of message translations, may be specified
more than once
Operation mode:-U, --update
update def.po, do nothing if def.po already up to date
Output file location:-o, --output-file=FILE
write output to specified file
The results are written to standard output if no output file is
specified or if it is -.
Output file location in update mode: The result is written back to
def.po.
--backup=CONTROL
make a backup of def.po
--suffix=SUFFIX
override the usual backup suffix
The version control method may be selected via the --backup option or
through the VERSION_CONTROL environment variable. Here are the
values:
none, off
never make backups (even if --backup is given)
numbered, t
make numbered backups
existing, nil
numbered if numbered backups exist, simple otherwise
simple, never
always make simple backups
The backup suffix is '~', unless set with --suffix or the
SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX environment variable.
Operation modifiers:-m, --multi-domain
apply ref.pot to each of the domains in def.po
--for-msgfmt
produce output for 'msgfmt', not for a translator
-N, --no-fuzzy-matching
do not use fuzzy matching
--previous
keep previous msgids of translated messages
Input file syntax:-P, --properties-input
input files are in Java .properties syntax
--stringtable-input
input files are in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax
Output details:--lang=CATALOGNAME
set 'Language' field in the header entry
--color
use colors and other text attributes always
--color=WHEN
use colors and other text attributes if WHEN. WHEN may be
'always', 'never', 'auto', or 'html'.
--style=STYLEFILE
specify CSS style rule file for --color-e, --no-escape
do not use C escapes in output (default)
-E, --escape
use C escapes in output, no extended chars
--force-po
write PO file even if empty
-i, --indent
indented output style
--no-location
suppress '#: filename:line' lines
-n, --add-location
preserve '#: filename:line' lines (default)
--strict
strict Uniforum output style
-p, --properties-output
write out a Java .properties file
--stringtable-output
write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings file
-w, --width=NUMBER
set output page width
--no-wrap
do not break long message lines, longer than the output page
width, into several lines
-s, --sort-output
generate sorted output
-F, --sort-by-file
sort output by file location
Informative output:-h, --help
display this help and exit
-V, --version
output version information and exit
-v, --verbose
increase verbosity level
-q, --quiet, --silent
suppress progress indicators

The full documentation for msgmerge is maintained as a Texinfo
manual. If the info and msgmerge programs are properly installed at
your site, the command
info msgmerge
should give you access to the complete manual.

This page is part of the gettext (message translation) project.
Information about the project can be found at
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this manual page, see ⟨http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gettext/⟩.
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